Alexander McConnell received a sentence of 191 months in prison Monday in Riley County District Court.

The Fort Riley soldier had entered pleas of guilty in May to one count of Second Degree Murder and two counts of Abuse of a Child.

McConnell was arrested on September 29, 2014 following the death of a child identified as five month “AKM” in the case’s criminal affidavit.  The document said McConnell’s wife, Angela, had left the child with Alexander on the 8th of February for a short period of time, and when she returned the child was not breathing. The infant was taken to Mercy Regional Hospital in Manhattan, and then to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri where “AKM” was pronounced dead at around 8 p.m. that day.

During the autopsy, the medical examiner found the child had experienced previous substantial bleeding in the skull, as well injuries to it’s neck, head and ribs. Injuries included bleeding on the brain, neck and spine fractures, abrasions, bleeding in the eyes, bleeding and bruising on the heart and lungs, five new rib fractures and nine previous rib fractures.

On May 4th McConnell pleaded guilty to one count of Second Degree Murder, one count of Abuse of a Child on the 8th of February, 2014, and one count of Abuse of a Child of a Child from december 29, 2013 to February 6, 2014.  McConnell was sentenced to consecutive terms of 123 months on the Second Degree Murder count, and 34 months for each of the two Child Abuse charges. The Court also ordered 84 months of post release monitoring. McConnell will also have to register as an offender upon his release.